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Component Level Design Workflows - Conversation & feedback

Hi All, Now in Archicad, most design and data are handled at the element level - assigning properties, using Graphic Overrides or setting renovation status are a few examples.To express design intent and extract data at a more detailed level, the com...

James B by Graphisoft
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AC 8.1 Section/Elevation Tool

Working with the Section Elevation tool. I am unable to change the section marker from "section" to "elevation" The section appears in floor plan view as "section" all the time. Selecting the "elevation" marker option, has no effect while initially p...

Asian text in Archicad8

Have tried everything imanginable to place Japanese text on my Archicad 8 drawings. If it's not possible on the US version, please let me know. Thanks.....Camelsmith

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Door Markers

Question. I am working on a file for another architect who uses 7. I am using 8r2. I had him create a .pla so that I would have the correct library parts. This has worked fine, except... the door markers will not show up. Even if I put in a version 8...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Alt-x ALt-y Alt-a and Alt-R constraints in 8.1

What happened to Alt-x ALt-y Alt-a and Alt-R constraints in 8.1? They don't seem to work, can I get them back? And also is the Shift selection method in any tool that used to be until 7.0 version back? BEst regards, António Pina

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Hey man....where's my brick sills?

AC8.1 Trying to figure out this fancy smancy brick sill detail feature. I'm doing some rowlock window sill details. Can't seem to locate or make it work. Am I missing something.?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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modules

horror of horrors, i have opened a file up to find that it is a hotlink of itself. it must have been when i used the thick marquee to export all stories as a module and now it seems each story is a module. If i delete the module in the hotlink list t...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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truss maker

I've just tried Trussmaker for the first time. I'd like to create plumb cut rafter tails and trim off some unwanted parts of a truss. Besides the Edit Truss commands there any way to notch or otherwise alter a truss? The trusses that that Trussmaker ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Library

At the beginning of my relation with ArchiCAD after listening to the sales pitch of the GS salesman I have asked this question: Jus for long this library parts will remain compatible with the program. The answer was : As long as there will be ArchiCA...

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